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Buffalo, New York, United States

Enterprise Architect for End User Computing, Service Delivery, and Monitoring.

Oakland, NJ

• Provide enterprise architecture, cloud, mobile technology and management, IoT, Identity, and Security services for SMB to large enterprises
• Guide strategic initiatives for Digital Transformation Strategy within various Fortune 1000 companies resulting in million dollar savings on projects rolled out early and decommissioning older technologies
• Create Mobile Architecture and rollout plan for a Fortune 1000 company leading to a 1 month successful rollout and deployment of EMM for 7000 users
• Consult with various companies on strategic end-user strategies and security/identity strategies and approaches
• Speak at various conferences on the topics of digital transformation, mobile, security and the enterprise

New York, New York, United States

• Architected New Network Design for campus redevelopment. Created a top level network design that moved from a legacy single core to a highly available split core with fully redundant fiber network access across the.
• Responsible for leading the David Geffen Hall IT Integration and Commissioning.
• Managed the WIFI remediation project for 2 campus buildings as well as the plan for the campus wide WIFI redesign
• Led the effort to standardize conference rooms cross the Lincoln Center Campus, solution currently being deployed in 20+ locations across the campus
• Led the effort to move the data center to a new internal location while optimizing the current infrastructure handling on-premises tasks
• Provided mentorship and direction to the Service delivery manager in service of moving the team from a reactive to proactive stance while helping to reduce ticket touch and resolve times (reduced by more than 50%)

Sunnyvale, CA

• Guided strategic initiatives for the merger of internal Yahoo and AOL internal IT assets
• Shaped the rationalization of internal applications within the Oath infrastructure, leading to a reduction in the total number of applications moving from two companies to one company
• Architected and led the deployment and management of mobile within Oath.
• Strategically positioned and owned the Identity 2.0 initiative within Oath to enable a single secure IDM infrastructure/environment, meeting current/future needs of the Oath workforce while reducing complexity.

• Shaped strategic initiatives as a core member and voice for the mobile organization on the Transformation Programs team, devising strategies to improve customer understanding and optimize their mobile enablement.
• Strategically positioned VMware as a leader in mobile technology solutions, garnering the Best Product Award at IoT6 Exchange 2016 and Best Case Study Presentation at IoT6 Exchange 2015 and 2016.
• Recognized as a thought leader and mobile technology influencer, invited to speak at numerous global conferences, including delivering the Keynote Addresses for ET Exchange 2015 and ET Canada 2015/2016.

New Jersey

• Cultivated business development opportunities and accelerated VMware’s mobile vision by working closely with internal teams to identify and foster strategic partnerships, including the Kinvey Partnership with AirWatch.
• Set the strategic direction for AirWatch Apps, including Content Locker, Inbox, and Video strategies, to translate customer needs into technical requirements to deliver product innovations with each new release.

Bridgewater, NJ

• Innovated end user services and applications by leading strategic initiatives spanning Windows 8, mobile, and new devices; aligned initiatives with evolving user requirements and standards of excellence.
• Ensured long-term organizational success by capitalizing on opportunities for advancement and advising the CTO on strategic plans and priorities, including supporting strategic change to define internal users as.
• Implemented development best practices and process improvements as a practice leader, collaborating across functions to guide transformative change.
• Increased productivity 30% by designing and leading a new R&D workflow pilot as one of five members of the North America innovation group spearheading the architecture and design of a competitive intelligence Big Data.

Bridgewater, NJ

• Developed and executed mobile innovation strategy by leading development initiatives across business units and integrating mobile programs and projects into the overall technology roadmap.
• Propelled innovation by cultivating strategic partnerships with startups in TEMS, security, and other sectors, while implementing practices and processes to motivate revolutionary application development.
• Ensured long-term organizational success by capitalizing on opportunities for advancement, advising the CTO on strategic plans and priorities, and leading key initiatives to guide development processes and priorities.
• Authored the 3-year Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) roadmap in collaboration with vendors; successfully implemented year one upgrades.
• Led R&D experiments to identify and develop new business opportunities, including an event experiment with DoubleDutch that resulted in a contract and ten events that grew engagement three-fold.

Bridgewater, NJ

• Led mobility engineering strategy, partnerships, policy, practice, and team growth to accelerate mobile initiatives throughout the Americas and globally.
• Delivered strategy, infrastructure, training, and expertise to drive mobile development across business units and enhance the Service Delivery Team’s support of mobile management products and users.
• Designed and engineered a global EMM solution from assessment through RFP and vendor selection, partnering with the EMM vendor to deploy to 50k clients in 20 months.

Brian Katz

• Directed three teams dedicated to Virtualization, Citrix, and High Availability as the lead of x86 and Microsoft Server global enterprise strategy.
• Strengthened partnerships with server vendors by creating and maintaining OEM relations and standards.
• Developed a centralization program for servers and SharePoint as a member of the architecture team, and created a global catalog for server hardware.
• Created the User Acceptance Testing model that was templated and adopted by multiple internal organizations.
• Delivered $2M+ in man-hour costs as the owner and architect of an ongoing automated server build, successfully managing and releasing ten versions in six years.

Bridgewater, NJ

• Led Microsoft Server infrastructure for 50+ global projects.

• Accomplishments:
• Star Award: Top Engineering Billings 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001
• Cheers Award: 90% Plus billing 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001
• Engineer Award: Top Systems Engineer self-billables (>300,000), 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001
• Executive Award: Ranking Managing Consultant Revenues (> $1 million) 1999, 2000

NYC, NY

• Managed the successful 9/11 Exchange Disaster Recovery Effort
• Led the technical team for Exchange 2000 (E2K)
• Architected the Exchange Contingency (Disaster Recovery) design for E2K
• Led the technical team for Compliance Archival Project
• Designed the Private Client/ Corporate Exchange Organization Integration

NYC, NY

• Led all email architecture, design and implementation for private client broker’s email
• Managed email help desk – 5 person team
• Designated as Microsoft Liaison for all email issues
• Fixed migration project from Exchange 4.0 to Exchange 5.0
• Architected and implemented major Exchange Site Consolidation (154 sites down to 21)
• Created and led the RFP for Anti-virus solutions following I Love You virus outbreak

NYC, NY

• Led training of employees in the use of Microsoft Office during a migration from CC-Mail to Microsoft Exchange.